Beached

[Bambi]

I am guessing that when the tide comes in it will be afloat.

[casil403]

Nice one B! I'll bet this one would be killer in BW as well.

[Matt K.]

Great shot, indeed. Makes me want to go there, get my scrapers out and start to peel it to the bare wood, then give it a nice new shine. Then again, its charme would be gone

[Mad Aussie]

HDR yeh?? If so ... it's a very nice job.

[Bambi]

thanks Matt and C! I like the peeling paint but can see how if it was your boat you would want to fix it up. I bet it still has lots of life left.

HDR yeh?? If so ... it's a very nice job.

well sort of/maybe. I did do 3 exposures but didn't like how they turned out in photomatix. So I too the medium exposure did the usual edits (sharpness, clarity, cropping etc.), duplicated the layer and used Topaz Adjust (my own settings not one of the preprogramed). Then created a mask and selectively brought through what I wanted (thanks again Grant for the tutorial ). Once I had that I duplicated it again, darkened the whole image and then masked again to just get the darker sky. In the original the sky was pretty white and featureless.
so would this be like a faux HDR or something else?
aren't you glad you asked?

[Mad Aussie]

Hmmmm. Well ... I'm not really sure how Topaz Adjust works and seeing as you used only one exposure I don't it really qualifies as an HDR as such. However, the end result is much the same and just as good if you ask me.

[Bambi]

Hmmmm. Well ... I'm not really sure how Topaz Adjust works and seeing as you used only one exposure I don't it really qualifies as an HDR as such. However, the end result is much the same and just as good if you ask me.

thanks! I was quite happy with how it turned out given it was flat and dull original. Topaz is a plug in and it can adjust sharpness, noise, colour, etc. it has a number of presets you can use and you can create and save your own. It's worth checking out IMO but your processing is so good you may not use it as much as I do.

[Mad Aussie]

Yeh I know what Topaz Adjust is just not sure how it actually does what it does. Sometimes it's very hard to tell the difference between it and HDR if Topaz is used with a light hand I think.

[Bambi]

Yeh I know what Topaz Adjust is just not sure how it actually does what it does. Sometimes it's very hard to tell the difference between it and HDR if Topaz is used with a light hand I think.

I should have known that you knew. and I agree. It even has an HDR preset but IMO I'm not sure how I like that one. I am just so excited that this masking thing is starting to make sense to me

[Mad Aussie]

I have a couple of the Topaz addons for use with Web design